Software Engineer Intern; Global Infra and SRE; Summer

Responsibilities

The Global Payment-Tech-Infra and SRE team is responsible for building and maintaining the core infrastructure and reliability engineering capabilities of Byte Dance's Global Payment platform. We focus on system architecture, scalability, and operational excellence to support global payment services  a team, we collaborate closely with business, compliance, and cross-functional engineering teams to drive continuous improvement in system resilience and engineering efficiency.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.

Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.

• Participate in the design, development, and evolution of the Global Payment Business Architecture, supporting the continuous growth of global payment services, regulatory compliance, and system modernization while ensuring high-quality architecture delivery and engineering efficiency.
• Develop a deep understanding of global payment business scenarios and continuously evolve the Global Payment Business Architecture by aligning with business growth and regulatory requirements. Design and build core architectural capabilities, including Multi-Region / Multi-Cell architecture, high availability and disaster recovery, traffic routing, and data synchronization, to continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and evolvability.
• Drive the governance and continuous improvement of the Global Payment Business Architecture through architecture governance, technology cost optimization, technical standards, and metadata management, continuously enhancing system maintainability, engineering productivity, and architecture governance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Undergraduate in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, Go, C++, or Python.
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding of the subjects of Machine Learning, Model Training and Evaluation etc.
• Strong problem-solving ability and ownership mindset. Good cross‑functional communication and collaboration skills.

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $45- $45.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

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